Marcia Lucas, celebrated editor behind Star Wars and Taxi Driver, dies at 80Marcia Lucas cause of death: Marcia Lucas, the celebrated film editor behind Star Wars, has passed away at 80. She died from metastatic can...
30 May, 2026, 06.49 AM IST
Could space-grown stem cells unlock faster cancer treatments and revolutionize organ regeneration breakthroughs? NASA’s ISS experiments are revealing surprising answers about the power of microgravity medicineSpace stem cell research is rapidly changing cancer treatment and regenerative medicine worldwide. Scientists aboard the International Spac...
29 May, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
Tata-backed MedTherapy claims CAR-T breakthrough with one-day productionTata Sons-backed biotech startup MedTherapy said it has developed a next-generation CAR-T cell therapy manufacturing platform that can redu...
27 May, 2026, 08.27 PM IST
China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landingChina launched three astronauts to its space station. One astronaut will stay for a year, a record for the country. This mission supports C...
24 May, 2026, 09.12 PM IST
Nature just outsmarted Silicon Valley: That trendy houseplant on your windowsill has been doing advanced Math this whole timeThe Chinese money plant quietly organizes itself using a geometric system that humans only formalized in the computer age — and it does so ...
19 May, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
One organ in our body rarely developes cancer. Doctor explains why: ‘The organ that works nonstop for your entire life…’While cancer is common in many organs, the heart rarely develops it. This is because heart muscle cells largely stop dividing after birth, ...
14 May, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
How a Broken T. Rex Rib Changed What Scientists Thought About FossilsScientists have found blood vessels inside Tyrannosaurus rex bones. This discovery changes how we understand fossils. It shows that delicat...
11 May, 2026, 03.33 AM IST
A microscopic creature frozen for 24000 years in Siberia somehow came back to lifeAstonishingly, scientists in Siberia revived microscopic rotifers from permafrost, dormant for nearly 24,000 years. These resilient creatur...
08 May, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
This Shark Was Already Swimming in the Oceans Before the United States Was Founded, Scientists Say Some Greenland Sharks May Live Up to 500 YearsScientists have discovered Greenland sharks live for centuries. A 2016 study used radiocarbon dating of eye lenses to determine their age. ...
01 May, 2026, 06.16 PM IST
Eli Lilly to buy Ajax Therapeutics for up to $2.3 billionEli Lilly is set to acquire Ajax Therapeutics for a substantial sum. This move aims to develop a new oral treatment for myelofibrosis, a ra...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.41 PM IST
Artemis II astronauts to shed light on space health risksArtemis II astronauts are venturing farther than ever, exposing them to deep space radiation. NASA is closely monitoring their health using...
10 Apr, 2026, 12.46 PM IST
Weak bones and rapid aging cause identified - microplastics in human bonesA recent review reveals the alarming presence of microplastics in human bones, cartilage, and intervertebral discs, triggering inflammation...
26 Sep, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
Novel technique to help grow bone cellsFor about a decade, researchers have been able to direct the fate of stem cells by tuning the stiffness of its microenvironment, also known...
01 Dec, 2015, 12.41 PM IST
Stem cells that regenerate bones and cartilage identifiedResearchers at CUMC discovered the cells, called osteochondroreticular (OCR) stem cells, in bone marrow of mice by tracking a protein expre...
16 Jan, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
New way to extract bone-making cells from fat tissueWithin our fat lives a variety of cells with the potential to become bone, cartilage, or more fat if properly prompted, researchers said.
06 Oct, 2014, 05.43 PM IST
- New pen-like device to repair broken bone
The device developed at the University of Wollongong (UOW) will eliminate the need to harvest cartilage and grow it for weeks in a lab.
26 Dec, 2013, 04.45 PM IST
'Artificial bones' generated from umbilical cord stem cellsScientists have successfully developed 'artificial bones' from umbilical cord stem cells, paving way for repair of bones.
25 Jul, 2013, 12.34 PM IST